I had Kagi configured to rewrite links old.reddit.com. Looks like I need to update it.

Edit: Actually I think this was part of their documentation to explain the intended use of that feature. Too bad this will now no longer work!

(https://help.kagi.com/kagi/features/redirects.html, see example 1)

LibRedirect is useful for this (and other sites) too if you want it to apply over the whole browser.

Friends send me links to reddit and stuff so it's handy to have an automatic redirect.

Thanks for pointing out safereddit and other redlib instances! I had the old.reddit.com redirect configured for Uruky and was devastated that it no longer worked. Updated, cheers!

Wow, thank you. I never know this. I feel good now, in a strange way when a paid service serve me well instead of exploiting me.

Super nice. Good reminder to donate to my favorite instance host, thanks.

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What do you feel is missing for a free news offering?

I don’t personally like it all that much, because it feels like it’s missing the depth I like in well-written reporting, but for those who just want a quick overview of topics once a day, it seems to work pretty well, no?

I just don’t want an account. I disagree with how they’re running things these days and I just don’t see the point when I only want to read posts, not make them, or comment or vote on them. And the more they push “Make an account! Get the app!” the less likely I am to do it. It’s a really hostile way to treat users. I don’t like most social media and it doesn’t bother me not having accounts on them, but it’s become such a pain with Reddit because it was one of the only places online left to get decent information about specific things. I’m now finding myself searching for things online and finding no answers because Reddit is inaccessible and that’s where the answer tends to be.

I'm annoyed mostly because I always surf with private browsing, so I always have to log in again and again. And for some reason I haven't bothered checking, Firefox doesn't save the username field.

I don't like assisting reddit's monetization/AI training machine by tying my browsing activity directly to an account identity. I would prefer to browse anonymously and make them work at least a little bit harder to compile my anonymous activity into a coherent single-user profile.

If that doesn't bother you, then good for you, and we have different feelings about privacy.

They are pretty ban-happy, and generally outright hostile to newly created accounts that try to participate.

I created an account recently after not having one for a couple years. I was banned within 2 weeks. I accidentally connected to my VPN when I had a Reddit page open in a minimized window that I forgot about. I assume that’s what did it. Last I checked, I couldn’t even login with this account anymore.

That sucks to have to create an account just to read user generated content if you don't contribute.

It is just people without accounts who are being blocked, and maybe it is regional?

Are you sure? If I visit https://old.reddit.com/r/haskell/ in private mode (i.e. without my auth cookies) then I am asked to log in.

Maybe for you.

I get a nice

> Log in to use old Reddit

> To keep Reddit safe, accounts are required to access old Reddit. Log in, or continue without an account on reddit.com.

As of right now, on Firefox for Android, I am prompted to log in.

Not working for me either without an account anymore. Seems like a very recent change.

I had to login the other day to use it. Probably getting slowly rolled out.

> Old Reddit still works just fine without an account.

It works sometimes, it's been inconsistent lately. I assume they're rolling out the blocks incrementally or something, because sometimes I can get through to it in a private window and other times I can't.

it works just fine for you, but not everyone.

Not for long, sadly.